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What is Identity Dark Matter? - Stanley - Jan 14, 2026
What is Identity Dark Matter?
The Invisible Half of the Identity Universe
Identity used to live in one place - an LDAP directory, an HR system, a single IAM portal.
Not anymore. Today, identity is fragmented across SaaS, on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, home-grown, and shadow applications. Each of these environments carries its own accounts, permissions, and authentication flows.
Traditional IAM and IGA tools govern only the nearly
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